Inkstand



UNTED ASM'FES f JESSE o. THOMPSON, or CARBoNiALE,PENNSYLVANIA.;,v' l

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Speeication forming partr of Letters Patent No. 440.517. dated November 8, 1863. I

.To all whom it may concem: v

Be it known thatY I, JEssE. G. TnoMrso-N,

-ol` the city of Carbondale, inthe .ounty-oiv diameter and from one and threefonrths to i' two inches high, containing an ink-chamber in' one side, extending some nwo thirds of the way across the diameter ofthe inkstand, and an ink-cup in the top ol'.the inlistand, and on i the opposite side from the inkehaxnber, and `connected with a passage- Way for vthe ink to pass from the'ooltom of the inkch amber under the ink-cup and np into vthe ink-cup near the top, and also a passage-way for the ink to pass g' out ofthe ink-cup-haek into the ink-chamhenl To enable others `skilled-inthegiirt to uiake-- and use my invenlion, I Willlprjooeed to de- I construct' my nkvstand Ain .any -oonve'n-A i ient form, with an ink-chamber '(sho'wnin the i drawings, marked B) with a. passage-Way, i' U., coming ont ofthe side of the ink-chamber, vat `the bottom, and extending npiinto the inkcup D, near the top.- The inkcnp D is sim ated in the-upper part of the. inkstand, on thev opposite side from the ink-chamber, and is provided with another passageway, E,`t'o con vey the ink out of the inkenp hack into the ink-chamber, so that byraising the side o? the inkstand in which the; inkehamher issitnated, the ink, in seeking its level', will flow through the passageway U and lill the inkcup D in the top of the inkstand, whereby letting theinkstand' down Yto a horizontal position, the ink will reinainffor use. l.Then by raising the side of the Yinhistand in which the ink clip is situated the ink will flow throngh the passage-way E baekfinto theink-eha'mlmr,4

Where it will remain secure from dust.. and

the action of the atmosphere.

The inkstand may be made of metal, glass,v or-any other suitable material.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecurev hy-Letbers Patent, is-

The placing the ink.chamher" and the:4 i

ink-cup inopposite sides of'. Vthe inkstand, and connecting them with' the lpassagev/'2135s 4 scribe its construction and operation.' i C and E, as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

.l JESSE G; THOMPSON.

(Witnesses: v l

' WILLIAM ROOT, I

JOSEPH-ALEXANDER; 

